What vendors want from a listing presentation – and the ten-minute audit that reveals it
After 20 years selling property marketing and three home sales of her own, Diakrit Australia Country Manager Alexandra Warren has seen the listing presentation from both sides. New research reveals that for 46 per cent of vendors, fees aren't the most important factor when choosing an agent.
Bec Turner joins First National Cleveland as BDM specialist
The property management business development specialist returns to the Redlands region where her real estate career began, bringing more than two decades of experience to her new role.
Display home strategy drives eight offers in two weeks
A strategic price-by-negotiation approach and clever use of display village foot traffic delivered eight offers in 14 days…
Harcourts Foundation backs Perth choir and Orange Sky fundraiser
A grant for a 40-year-old Perth a cappella chorus and an auctioneer's volunteer effort for Orange Sky highlight…
Richard Shalhoub to lead new Agency team in Sydney CBD
The Agency has assembled a six-person team in Sydney's CBD, with plans to keep growing including a possible…
Why inspection reports are one of the most important documents in property management
Why thorough ingoing and outgoing inspection reports are one of the most important skills new property managers can learn.
The tough compliance conversation every PM needs to have
With sweeping rental reforms reshaping the market, property managers like Sophie Kennedy Rush are navigating a new reality - one where education, transparency, and a strong stomach are the job.
What Your Investor Clients Are Googling Right Now
The negative gearing and CGT changes explained – what’s actually happening, what’s not, and what to say when the phone rings on Wednesday.
In an unpredictable market, control is an illusion
In a year defined by rapid change and rising complexity, the real leadership advantage isn’t control, it’s building the culture, trust and capability to move…
Top of the Props 2026 finalists take aim at property industry’s biggest pressure points
The proptech pitch competition returns to Brisbane in July, with this year's finalists tackling leasing, rent roll growth, recruitment and buyer due diligence.
Three rituals that built Jesse Itzler’s life resume
Australia’s housing shortage collides with data centre boom as AI demand accelerates
Inside the exclusive world of data centre real estate, from metropolitan hotspots to the site identification opportunities left for commercial agents.
CBRE recruits two senior leasing figures from JLL
REIV warns new Victorian bill could delay your settlements
Reform without reality threatens poorer property outcomes, writes Toby Balazs, CEO, REIV. If good legislation in the property sector is…
The horses weren’t real. The lesson is
AI in a listing isn't the problem. Where you put it is – and getting…
Property CGT indexation is likely to raise less tax than the old discount if inflation remains high and house price growth is weak
Why the Federal Budget’s shift from the 50 per cent CGT discount to inflation indexation…
Unpopular opinion? Hustle culture is dead
Why real resilience in real estate is no longer about grinding harder, and why knowing…
The trust era is ending: A chartered accountant’s view on what agency owners need to know about Australia’s structural tax shift
Australia’s tax reforms are forcing a rethink of how real estate agencies are built, valued…
Shorts
Will AI ‘Millionaires’ Reshape Luxury Real Estate Buying Habits?
A wave of young AI founders is pouring wealth into luxury residential property, and their…
The AI lie? Why Aussie buyers don’t fully trust the robots and where agents create value
AI is changing how buyers research property, but not who they trust. Here's why agents…
Process is the proof, not the price
In Week 4 of the AI Sprint, Samantha McLean breaks down AI-first circle sales: repurposing…
How to Become the Answer AI Gives When Sellers Ask “Who’s the Best Agent?”
It’s 11 o’clock at night. Someone in your area can’t sleep because they need to…
How AI-Powered DISC Profiling Can Win You More Listings
Three agents walk into a listing presentation. They’ve all got the same portal options, the…
How to Become the Answer AI Gives When Sellers Ask “Who’s the Best Agent?”
How AI-Powered DISC Profiling Can Win You More Listings
Stop Selling to Everyone: How AI Buyer Personas Can Transform Your Next Listing Presentation
The AI Edit Ep. 11: Your vendor isn’t online – here’s how AI can still help
Teach ChatGPT to Write Like You – Not a Robot
Watch ChatGPT Draft a Real Estate CMA all on its own
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